Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 239
us, with its donkey engines andhuge fan that sends air up to the Senate. And onthe way up I stop at a dark little room and hintvaguely at its contents. I can not enter, becauseCaptain Bassett has the key. But I have been init in times gone by, and know some of its mys-teries. There is perhaps more… … MARBLE STATUE, HISTORY,IN THE OLD HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. when the Senate met in its oldquarters. The Chamber was thenlighted in the style of the eight-eenth century. Lamps were fast-ened to the desks of the Vice-Presi-dent and Secretary ; and on eachsenators desk rested a candle.These candles…
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